| For those who think football's gone soft 11:13 - Feb 16 with 736 views | Radlett_blue |
take a look at this "tackle" by Bobby Collins in the 1965 FA Cup Final.
At least the ref saw it as a foul! |  |
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| For those who think football's gone soft on 11:15 - Feb 16 with 710 views | Metal_Hacker |
Ouch......imagine the scenes today . Not just the tackle but the events afterwards - 22 man brawl (with handbags) |  |
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| For those who think football's gone soft on 11:16 - Feb 16 with 702 views | WD19 |
....Liverpool defender Gerry Byrne broke his collarbone early in the match but carried on as there were no substitutes. He was involved in the opening goal in extra time..... |  | | |
| For those who think football's gone soft on 11:16 - Feb 16 with 692 views | StokieBlue |
The bloke he did it on didn't even seem that bothered.
Sat up and looked around a bit before deciding to lay down.
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| For those who think football's gone soft on 11:28 - Feb 16 with 624 views | bluefunk |
I liked the way he raised his arms in a "Why did you give a foul" gesture |  | | |
| For those who think football's gone soft on 11:30 - Feb 16 with 610 views | Herbivore |
Reminiscent of Loovens' challenge on David McGoldrick a few years back that he inexplicably didn't get sent off for. |  |
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| For those who think football's gone soft on 11:32 - Feb 16 with 605 views | Fixed_It |
| For those who think football's gone soft on 11:30 - Feb 16 by Herbivore |
Reminiscent of Loovens' challenge on David McGoldrick a few years back that he inexplicably didn't get sent off for. |
God yes - that still angers me when I think about it. WTF! [Post edited 16 Feb 2021 11:33]
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| For those who think football's gone soft on 11:33 - Feb 16 with 599 views | ArnieM |
The interesting bit about that footage of the tackle, is absence of any theatricals by the players .
There's no surrounding of the player who committed the foul, no pushing, shoving and surround of the ref... no rolling over and over and over ( you get the picture), but the player fouled.
YES football (PLAYERS ) have gone "soft". There's minimal honesty in the game anymore, and basically a lot of players are cheats. |  |
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| For those who think football's gone soft on 11:36 - Feb 16 with 583 views | WeWereZombies |
I see that as Collins running with the ball and the Liverpool player attempting to block him (but not having the momentum that Collins had). Hence Collins raising his arms and, probably, saying 'Why have you given the foul against me when it was me who was being obstructed?' |  |
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| For those who think football's gone soft on 13:00 - Feb 16 with 508 views | MattinLondon |
| For those who think football's gone soft on 11:33 - Feb 16 by ArnieM |
The interesting bit about that footage of the tackle, is absence of any theatricals by the players .
There's no surrounding of the player who committed the foul, no pushing, shoving and surround of the ref... no rolling over and over and over ( you get the picture), but the player fouled.
YES football (PLAYERS ) have gone "soft". There's minimal honesty in the game anymore, and basically a lot of players are cheats. |
Diving is cheating and the worst that can happen to that player is a yellow card - if he cons the ref they may get a penalty or free kick.
But that ‘tackle’ is still cheating, in fact it’s worse. It could easily have resulted in a broken leg etc.
Thankfully tackles like that are now a red card. |  | | |
| For those who think football's gone soft on 13:02 - Feb 16 with 499 views | Herbivore |
| For those who think football's gone soft on 11:32 - Feb 16 by Fixed_It |
God yes - that still angers me when I think about it. WTF! [Post edited 16 Feb 2021 11:33]
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We were on good form at the time and Didz was like the Didz of old. That injury, which had nothing to do with him being fragile, put him out for 4 weeks and he never looked the same again thereafter and our form overall started to tail off. We should have beaten Wednesday out of sight that night anyway, the whole game left a sour taste really. That challenge from Loovens was practically an assault though. | |
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| For those who think football's gone soft on 13:15 - Feb 16 with 468 views | Radlett_blue |
| For those who think football's gone soft on 13:02 - Feb 16 by Herbivore |
We were on good form at the time and Didz was like the Didz of old. That injury, which had nothing to do with him being fragile, put him out for 4 weeks and he never looked the same again thereafter and our form overall started to tail off. We should have beaten Wednesday out of sight that night anyway, the whole game left a sour taste really. That challenge from Loovens was practically an assault though. |
Ah yes, the game when the 6' 6" circus giant, who hadn't scored a goal for around 2 years, came on as sub & equalised in the 96th minute, presumably after a Town corner. | |
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| For those who think football's gone soft on 13:40 - Feb 16 with 431 views | Herbivore |
| For those who think football's gone soft on 13:15 - Feb 16 by Radlett_blue |
Ah yes, the game when the 6' 6" circus giant, who hadn't scored a goal for around 2 years, came on as sub & equalised in the 96th minute, presumably after a Town corner. |
I have a feeling Freddie might have given the ball away and they broke and scored through said giant, completely undeservedly. | |
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